Erica Chidi, co-founder and CEO of Loom, a women's health education platform, is making her private health journey -- a six-year battle with uterine fibroids -- public, she said, in hopes of making ...

Uterine fibroids are growths made of muscle and tissue that form in or on the wall of your uterus. These tumors are almost always noncancerous and represent the most common type of growth in women.

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From unbearable pain to feeling no symptoms at all, women with uterine fibroids can have vastly different experiences. While these growths affect a large percentage of women, health advocates say they ...

Uterine fibroids, also known as leiomyomas, are the most common benign (noncancerous) tumors made of smooth muscle and connective tissue that develop in the myometrium layer of the uterus. They are ...

Uterine fibroids remain one of the most widespread yet under-discussed women’s health issues in America today. These benign growths develop in the uterine wall during reproductive years and affect up ...

Often undiagnosed, only about one-third of fibroids are large enough to be detected during a physical examination ...

Expert Rev of Obstet Gynecol. 2008;3(4):515-521. Hart and colleagues studied a similar cohort of women undergoing IVF with intramural fibroids less than 5cm in size, (n=112) compared with control ...

Fibroids and uterine cancer can both cause growths to form in the uterus. Certain symptoms can also overlap. A doctor can determine whether you have fibroids or uterine cancer. Fibroids are benign ...

Visit our dedicated hub for more research-backed information and in-depth resources on women’s health. Uterine fibroids can cause constipation, especially if they are large or located in certain parts ...